Flying Creatures, Lesson 1: What is Zoology?

Lesson 1: What is Zoology?

How We Implemented "Exploring Creation With Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day," Lesson 1

Links will be updated as we add new blogs and web pages. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but an List of the activities, projects and resources that we actually used to complete the lesson (like a window into our science class!).

Please check back for web pages on key concepts, strategies and skills as I write them.

Key Concepts: binomial nomenclature, flight, habitats, instinct, extinction, variables, experiments
Key Strategies: using mnemonic devices, keeping a notebook
Key Skills: observation, forming and testing a hypothesis, collecting data, narration, notetaking, comparing and contrasting

Subtopics 

(Includes links to corresponding blog posts and web pages, as we complete each part and blog on it)
 

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• Classification (pp. 2-4)
• Latin (pp. 4-5)
• Binomial Nomenclature (p. 5)
• Flight (p. 6)
• Uplifting Pressure (p. 6-7)
• Airfoil (p. 8)
• What a Drag (p. 8)
• Habitats (p. 12-13)
• Instinct (p. 14)
• Extinction (pp. 15-17)
• Extinction Errors (p. 17)

Additional Readings

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• Vocabulary Bridges From English to Latin & Greek (Trivium Pursuit)
• Genesis 1:1-2:3 
• The Burgess Bird Book for Children
• The Burgess Animal Book for Children 
• Handbook of Nature Study 
• "The Sing-Away Bird," by Lucy Larcom

Activities, Experiments, & Projects

Experiments in Flight: Lift, Thrust & Drag

Showing and Telling:

• "Fascinating Facts About Zoology" notetaking activity 
• Oral narration and notebooking (daily)
• Written Narration: "What Do You Remember?"
• Notebook Activity: Habitats, Instinct, Extinction
• Scripture copywork (manuscript and cursive)
• Vocabulary Crossword

Strategies to Learn:

•  Try This! (Mnemonic Devices)
• Mid-Lesson Break: Your Notebook

Experiments to Conduct:

• Try This! (How Air Pressure Works) 
• Mid-Lesson Experiment: Experimenting With Glider Designs

 Things to Research:

• Notebook Activity: Biome Research

Things to Create:

• Notebook Activity: Make a Field Notebook
• Zoology Mini-books: "Animal Kingdom" and "Extinct and Endangered Animals Collection"

Other Things to Do:

• Project: Nature Scavenger Hunt
• Fly Higher: Zoology projects (My guy chose to study Latin roots and word chunks for his word study lessons)

Other Links and Internet Resources

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• BibleGateway.com
• Apologia Course website (password protected)
• Handbook of Nature Study (Harmony Arts)
• North American Birds (Notebooking Treasury)
• Apologia TOC Planners (Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables)
• Venn Diagram (Houghton Mifflin)
• "Beaks & Feet" Worksheet (Biology Corner)
• Feeder Birds Coloring Book (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology)
• Outdoor Hour Challenge -- Birds: Jays and Bluebirds
• Outdoor Hour Challenge -- Birds: House Sparrow, House Wren and Mourning Dove